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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Thu Jan 17 02:31:27 2019, in response to Re: 50 Years Ago, posted by aaron on Wed Jan 16 19:52:44 2019. a sad example of bad engineering, poor production. When service started there were parlors and coach snack lounges only--GE guts; the Westinghouse straight coaches sucked too many KW anmd blew substations. The original design was for Pioneer trucks, PRR insisted on the drop equalizer traditional stuff.As to speed, the track couldn't sustain 125 until much work was done. I can't explain why the dynamics had to be put up top. Bottomline EMUs which should have been superior were replaced w/ Swedish engines and "Metroshells" as Amfleets were called when first announced. Too bad. As to pricing, if the current Acela and regionals were priced at the inflation adjusted fares, Amtrak would demolish the competition IMHO. |
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